Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx, the king copper, which is found in South Africa and Namibia.
Pseudonympha hippia, or Burchell's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa on cool high altitude fynbos covered hills and summits from the Cape Peninsula to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, then along the Riviersonderend Mountains to the Groot Winterhoek.
Pseudonympha poetula, the Drakenberg brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa on cool high altitude grassy hills and summits from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal border along the Little Berg Hills. It is also found at high altitudes in the Free State, north along the eastern Mpumalanga hills to Limpopo.
Pseudonympha gaika, the Gaika brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the Eastern Cape, then along the Amathole Mountains, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg.
Pseudonympha paragaika, the Golden Gate brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, it has only been recorded from sandstone buttresses on the Golden Gate Highlands in Free State.
Pseudonympha magus, the silver-bottom brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Western Cape south to Cape Town and along the southern littoral north to the Eastern Cape.
Pseudonympha magoides, the false silver-bottom brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape, along the Drakensberg foothills into Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, north to the Wolkberg. It is also found in Free State and Gauteng.
Pseudonympha varii, or Vari's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape, Malutis and the Drakensberg to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.
Pseudonympha paludis, the paludis brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape to Lesotho, the eastern part of the Free State, the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal and high altitude mountains in Mpumalanga.
Pseudonympha swanepoeli, or Swanepoel's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, it is only known from Houtbosdorp in Limpopo and Whisky Spruit, the Verloren Vallei, Mount Sheba and Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga.
Pseudonympha machacha, the Machacha brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho, but also in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Pseudonympha penningtoni, or Pennington's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho at altitudes ranging from about 2,700 meters to the highest summits. It is also found in the Eastern Cape and the summits of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal.
Pseudonympha southeyi, or Southey's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa.
Pseudonympha narycia, the spotted-eye brown or small hillside brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Northern Cape north to Vryburg, east Gauteng and North West, Limpopo, south to Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. It is also present in Zimbabwe.
Pseudonympha loxophthalma, the big-eye brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, the Strydpoortberg, Wolkberg and Waterberg in Limpopo.
Stygionympha dicksoni, or Dickson's hillside brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in the south-western part of the Western Cape. It was also found at the Tygerberg, but is now extirpated from there.
Chrysoritis thysbe, the opal copper or common opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa.
Chrysoritis beaufortius, the Beaufort opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa.
Chrysoritis brooksi, the Brook's opal, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found only in South Africa.
Pseudacraea boisduvali, or Boisduval's false acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has an extensive range which includes much of the tropics and subtropics of sub-Saharan Africa.
